Month: April 2007

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- British Prince Harry will be deployed to Iraq with his regiment, the head of the British army said Monday, April 30, but their arrival was not expected to immediately diminish what an official called "mounting threats" and attacks against the country's minority Christians.

KINSHASA, CONGO (BosNewsLife)-- Amid international pressure, the Democratic Republic of Congo released Christian human rights lawyer and ex-presidential candidate Marie Therese Nlandu from prison Monday, April 30, after charges against her and nine co-defendants were dropped, Christians close to the case confirmed.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of Hindu militants on Sunday, April 29, nearly killed an independent pastor in Jaipur, the capital of India's western Rajasthan state, while his small ill daughter watched the attack, a senior human rights investigator told BosNewsLife.

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Cameroon faced an uncertain future Sunday, April 29, amid fresh reports that local authorities are seeking to control the "surging numbers" of Pentecostal churches in Western African nation.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- One of India's main advocacy organizations representing churches and mission groups expressed shock Saturday, April 28, that the Hindu-led government of Andhra Pradesh "banned Christianity" in several parts of the volatile state.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- Turkish police reportedly released an American Christian from prison late Friday, April 27, after he and three other evangelists were detained in Istanbul this week for charges that included "missionary activity" and "insulting Islam."

(ADDS REACTION COMMUNIST PARTY)HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent Internet writer and journalist remained detained Friday, April 27, as part of an apparent fresh government crackdown on dissidents, including Christians, BosNewsLife established.

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